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  The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet           

  It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

  

  NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

   While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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    Hawaii fishermen on the hook for high costs as seafood prices continue to rise

    You may be seeing trouble when you pull out your wallet to pay for fish and seafood, but it’s the fishing industry that’s threatened right now. Read More »

  • Crew stranded in Argentia receives help from fisheries union

    Life aboard a cargo vessel that is stranded in the port of Argentia became a little more bearable for 11 crew members this week following the arrival Read More »

  • Why This San Diego Fisherman is Selling Pacific Bluefin Tuna For $2.99 A Pound

    “It’s a very difficult task to count animals as elusive as tuna,” says Craig Heberer, NOAA. But commercial fishermen like David Haworth, who brought this pile Read More »

  • A welcome goodbye to a bleak stone-crab season – Florida Keys commercial fleet.

    KeyNet.comBut we never had a winter,” he said. “It went from fall to summer. The first cold front didn’t hit until March.” For unknown reasons, it Read More »

  • Limits have Maui and Lanai fishing communities worried about ‘cultural rights’

    A meeting organized by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources attracted about 100 people Wednesday night at Maui Waena Intermediate School. The changes propose bag Read More »

  • Search suspended for missing fisherman off Nantucket coast

    The search for a missing fisherman who went overboard about five miles south of Nantucket has been suspended after roughly two days, according to multiple news Read More »
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    Vineyard Wind Delay could be fatal; developer said it needed approval by end of August

    IN A DECISION that could derail Vineyard Wind, federal regulators on Friday put their review of the project on hold temporarily while they seek to better Read More »

  • Autopsies from space: who killed the sea lions?

    A decade ago, we set out to unravel deep ocean crime scenes we weren’t even sure existed. The crime? Endangered Steller sea lions were rapidly disappearing Read More »

  • Coast Guard chopper from Oregon aids CA fisherman

    A Coast Guard helicopter crew from North Bend on the southern Oregon coast has flown an ailing crewman from a commercial fishing vessel 30 miles off Read More »
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    The value of fish landings in Shetland last year was up by 30 per cent compared to 2015

    Seventy two thousand tonnes of fish worth around £79 million was landed in Shetland, representing a one per cent decrease in quantity on 2015. Nearly 70 Read More »
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    Commercial Fisherman George Roy Hutchings Jr. of Kodiak, Alaska and Damariscotta, Maine

    George Roy Hutchings Jr., 60, of Kodiak, Alaska and Damariscotta, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 3, 2020 at his home here in Maine with family Read More »
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    North Atlantic Right Whale: State must secure incidental take permit within 90 days to to avoid fishery closures

    Last week, U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani said that Massachusetts has done the most of any state in the country to keep endangered North Atlantic Read More »
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    East End forum on potential offshore wind turbine sites turns tense

    A public forum on potential offshore wind farm sites turned tense as East End commercial fishing representatives railed against the renewable energy source and its potential Read More »
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    Bay Scallop Season Begins With Bumper Crop in Lagoon Pond

    Bay scallop season has arrived, and while most of the Island is reporting an average or down year on the ponds, there is cautious excitement in Read More »
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    Alaska: Reopening of state economy begins

    Restaurants, shops and hair salons around Alaska are beginning a cautious reopening under strict state mandates as Alaska works to inhibit the spread of COVID-19, while Read More »

  • Coast Guard ID’s F/V Hear No Evil fisherman who fell overboard

    The fisherman who fell overboard Sunday night from a New Bedford vessel about 37 miles southeast of Nantucket has been identified as, according to the Coast Read More »
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    Fisheries management kills both fish stocks and fishermen

    Fishery management seems only to reduce the fishery and to counterbalance that, fishermen are killed. The modern mathematical fishery management has been a total failure. Constant Read More »
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    Bocaccio rockfish are still endangered, but a huge birthing event in 2016 has it popping up everywhere

    A species of fish you’ve probably never heard about has made a major comeback from being endangered, but now B.C. fishermen can’t avoid catching it, threatening Read More »

  • Alitak District setnetters scrambling after OBI dismantles area’s salmon market months before summer season starts

    OBI Seafoods announced earlier this month [March 8] that it would not be buying salmon from the setnet fleet in Kodiak’s Alitak District. The decision does Read More »
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    Russian participation in international salmon survey cut short in Gulf of Alaska

    An international expedition to study salmon in the Gulf of Alaska lost its Russian vessel part-way through the venture as a result of sanctions in the Read More »

  • New England Council Votes to Open Up Parts of George’s Bank to Commercial Fishing

    NEWPORT, R.I. – Regional fishery regulators meeting in Rhode Island have voted to open up parts of George’s Bank – off of Massachusetts – to commercial Read More »

  • Cannonball jellyfish operation – Let science decide if business is good fit

    You don’t have to like the idea of a cannonball jellyfish operation — or trust the people who would operate it — to admit their legal Read More »

  • New Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft now operating out of Air Station Cape Cod

    The HC-144 Ocean Sentry, received by Air Station Cape Cod in August 2012, is a more efficient platform with the ability remain in the air for Read More »

  • Oversight Hearing on “Reauthorization: Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act” Wednesday, September 11, 2013 10:00 AM

    PANEL I – Mr. Samuel Rauch National Marine Fisheries Service – Dr. Patrick J. Sullivan – Mr. Richard B. Robins  PANEL II – Dr. Ray Hilborn – Mr. Read More »

  • Americans would choose Brexit

    Britons are less than a week away from a referendum about whether to exit the European Union (EU), or remain. British commentary on the debate has been Read More »

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